Dust storm
Mon Jul 25, 2005 09:45 (UTC -5)The other day my dad showed me an article in the paper. It read:
S. Florida to get dusty next week as Sahara sand cloud moves in
As if this hurricane season wasn’t tumultuous enough, South Florida is about to get hit by a sandstorm.
By Monday or Tuesday, a Sahara dust outbreak, or a cloud of what originally was African sand carried across the Atlantic on the back of a tropical wave, is expected to settle over the region for about 12 hours, forecasters said.
It might turn the skies milkier and leave a light coating of reddish-brown dust on your car, the result of a small amount of iron content. It also could make the sunrise and sunset spectacular, said Jim Lushine of the National Weather Service in Miami.
And so on, and so forth.
I had to laugh. The whole thing seems ridiculous. So this enormous cloud of sand should be coming any time now. Actually, I’d be more concerned about the tropical wave that’s carrying the sand here — tropical waves, of course, can develop into hurricanes — but I guess that isn’t a problem.
Hey, I wonder… you know when the sunset causes everything to turn yellow? Is that because of sand in the air? I’ll have to see the sunset tonight.
It’s been ten days since I posted about the sudden appearance of wine-related stuff all over the house. Now yesterday this thing showed up in the dining room (a.k.a. the computer room when it’s not serving its formal function). Actually, according to the plans for the house, it’s the living room, and what we use as the living room is the family room. And the original dining room is now my dad’s office. But I digress. Yesterday I found in this room this thing:
I’ll give you two guesses as to what it’s for, but you’re only going to need one. (Since the picture was taken, the shelves have been installed, and there are glasses on some of them already.) My parents have this habit of getting things without telling me first. Not that I need to give them approval, but I’d still like to be in the know. Some “surprises” have included the hottub, the dog, painting one of the walls blue, this thingy, redoing the patio floor, many of my haircuts, and yanking loose teeth out of my mouth.
I think my parents are preparing a hobby for when I leave home. That explains the wine stuff. You know, for every cork I see in the so called “corkboard” (that is, a board of corks; see above-linked post), I can imagine a blow to the liver. All those have to add up eventually. (Note: This opinion will change when I become [legally] old enough to consume alcohol, and I’ll be a drinker just like everybody else. It’s only cool because it’s forbidden. On July 13, 2010, I’m drinking my brains out.)
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3 comments
#1 by Todd: Mon Jul 25, 2005 21:49 (UTC -5)
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#2 by Jordon: Mon Jul 25, 2005 22:04 (UTC -5)
That didn’t occur to me. I was going to take a screenshot of the logo and post it here, but I decided it was too ugly for that.
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